At least 95 people died due to isolated high-level depression (Dana or cold drop) suffering Spain since Tuesday, leaving an unknown number of people missing and causing severe damage due to heavy flooding in Valencia and Castile-La Mancha (center).
In one of the most emotional scenes ever, emergency crews They rescued the woman, her dog and cats. it was trapped due to fatal flooding in Valencia.
The video shows the rescue team. insurance for a woman and her pets lifting them with a rope to the helicopter that was waiting for them at altitude.
According to local media, he turned to neighbors for help. One of them called the firefighters, who came to save the woman, her dog and cats.
We managed to get the helicopter to see us and rescue this woman in Utiel who was stuck in her wooden house with her cats and dog. Incredible rescue. #DANA #Valencia @AytoDeUtiel @DGobiernoCV pic.twitter.com/M3sYnLcoYV
— Javier Ballesteros (@JaviNakama_) October 29, 2024
Dana continues to wreak havoc; The government asks citizens to be vigilant
Government President Pedro Sánchez urged the population to remain vigilant as storms continue to batter the Iberian Peninsula, warning that the weather front “continues to cause chaos” and that the emergency is far from over.
Sanchez called for unity and solidarity, and urged people not to drive near ravines and river banks and to follow emergency warnings.
Sánchez promised full support, guaranteeing that all government resources and, if necessary, European Union assistance would be made available.
A year’s worth of rain fell in parts of Valencia in eight hours on Tuesday, causing traffic jams and flooding farmland in a region that produces two-thirds of the citrus fruit grown in Spain, meteorologists said.
Residents in the hardest-hit areas described people climbing onto the roofs of their cars as a torrent of brown water rushed through the streets, uprooting trees and washing chunks of masonry off buildings. (According to EFE and Reuters)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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